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Texas civil rights groups petition the U.N. over LGBTQ+ ‘human rights crisis'
Civil rights organizations in Texas have filed a formal letter with the United Nations, raising the alarm on a “deteriorating human rights situation” for LGBTQ+ people in the state.
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Drag artists and LGBTQ+ advocates sue to block Texas law expanding ban on sexual performances
A group of drag performers and LGBTQ+ rights advocates have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a new Texas law that expands what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct, arguing it is meant to target drag shows and could also criminalize ballet and even cheerleading.
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Carroll ISD board votes to change bathroom, pronoun policies
The school board voted unanimously to restrict access to bathrooms to the gender written on one’s birth certificate.
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Keller ISD passes policy changes on pronoun usage, bathrooms
Following more than an hour and a half of public comments Wednesday evening, Keller ISD board members passed proposed policy changes impacting pronoun usage.
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Keller ISD passes policy changes on pronoun usage, bathrooms
Following more than an hour and a half of public comments Wednesday evening, Keller ISD board members passed proposed policy changes impacting pronoun usage.
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Women in Granbury ISD Book Probe Say Deputy Constable Solicited Criminal Complaint
Two women who filed a complaint in a criminal investigation of books in Granbury ISD libraries told NBC 5 Investigates they only submitted it at the suggestion of the deputy constable leading the investigation. Monica Brown and Karen Lowery, who both are vocal advocates behind a push to remove books they deemed inappropriate from school libraries, made the criminal complaint…
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Granbury ISD Under Federal Investigation Over LGBTQ Book Removal
The U.S. Education Department’s civil rights enforcement arm is looking into claims of discrimination after the removal of books on sexuality and transgender identity. NBC 5’s Wayne Carter has the latest.
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Biden Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill at White House Ceremony
President Joe Biden signed gay marriage legislation into law Tuesday before a crowd of thousands, a ceremony that reflected growing acceptance of same-sex unions.
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House Passes Bill Protecting Same-Sex, Interracial Unions, Sending It to Biden to Sign Into Law
President Joe Biden is expected to promptly sign the measure, which requires all states to recognize same-sex marriages.
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Conservative Justices Lean Toward Anti-Gay Marriage Web Designer in Case Pitting LGBTQ Rights Against Religious Freedom
The case comes at a time when the court is dominated 6-3 by conservatives and following a series of cases in which the justices have sided with religious plaintiffs.
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California Catholic Deacon Faces Backlash Over Anti-LGBTQ Tweet Posted Hours After Colorado Mass Shooting
An East Bay catholic deacon is under fire for insulting the LGBTQ community just hours after the Club Q shooting in Colorado.
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NYC's Oldest Gay Bar May Soon Get Landmark Status
Julius’ has been a bar since 1864. It was thrust into the forefront of the gay rights movement in 1966 — three years before the Stonewall riots — when activists staged a peaceful “sip in,” announcing they are homosexuals and asking to be served.
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Mormon Church Comes Out in Support of Protecting Same-Sex Marriage in Federal Law
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it supports efforts underway in Congress to safeguard same-sex marriage rights.
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LGBTQ Couples Granted Marriage Rights in Cuba
Cuba has legalized same sex marriage after campaigning from the government and influence from notable figures including the daughter of Raul Castro.